The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 1922
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
9:03 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -12
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 | 209.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 315.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.26° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.32° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.