The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 2074
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
8:46 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1868
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 329.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.44° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.26° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.