The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 2077
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
11:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 6.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.79° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.23° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.