The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 2153
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
10:44 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2845
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.36° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.16° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.