The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
6:00 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 154.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 17.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 23.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.68° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.42° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.