The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 1982
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 273.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / 0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.51° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.55° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.