The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 2088
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2041
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.14° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.48° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.