The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 2001
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 965
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 | 259.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.51° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.34° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| 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.