The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 1979
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
9:01 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 206.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.07° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.56° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.