The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1914
Waning Gibbous
84.6% 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
9:48 PM
10:09 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -111
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.98° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.90° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.