The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% 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
1:56 PM
4:47 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 149
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 | 136.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.65° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.83° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.