The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1963
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
11:18 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 495
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 | 246.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / 3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.46° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.74° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.