The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 1906
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
10:59 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 4.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.66° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.51° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.