The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
5:57 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 520
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 | 153.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 18.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 24.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.01° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.62° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| 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.