The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
1:17 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 347
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 | 97.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 15.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.42° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.03° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.