The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
2:53 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 718
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 | 120.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 14.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.67° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.83° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.