The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
2:16 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2264
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.62° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.21° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.