The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 1936
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 161
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -9.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.28° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.56° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.