The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
3:00 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 121.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.33° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.63° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.