The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 2116
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
5:06 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2387
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 171.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.15° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.28° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 15.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.