The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1944
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
11:52 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 260
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 | 236.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 6.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.33° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.45° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.