The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 1971
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
9:59 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 594
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 | 225.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.89° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.13° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.