The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
4:15 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -86
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 | 129.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 25.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.81° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.60° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.