The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 2081
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
10:03 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1955
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.78° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.83° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.