The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
6:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 172.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 358.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.41° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.