The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1987
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
8:38 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 792
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 341.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.63° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.99° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.