The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
7:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 186
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 | 172.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.37° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.84° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.