The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
1:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 953
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.49° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.16° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.