The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 2124
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
3:56 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2486
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 194.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -21.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.63° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.60° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.