The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 14, 2141
Waxing Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2697
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.61° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.65° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.