The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 1941
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
9:03 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 223
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 | 208.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 316.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.75° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.12° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| 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.