The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1952
Waning Gibbous
89.5% 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
9:00 PM
9:46 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 359
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 | 217.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 307.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.49° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.36° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.