The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2006
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
9:00 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1027
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 333.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.77° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.76° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.