The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 2161
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
9:17 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2944
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.76° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.55° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.