The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1998
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
9:30 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 214.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.74° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.33° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.