The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
4:43 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 619
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.78° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.22° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.