The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 1933
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
10:03 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 124
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.53° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.71° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| 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.