The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
3:42 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 248
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 | 116.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 13.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.57° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.92° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.