The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 1960
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
8:36 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 458
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 326.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.85° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.78° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.3° |
| 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.