The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2009
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
10:23 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1064
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 | 241.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / -2.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.93° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.73° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.