The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
3:53 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 126.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 44.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 23.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.94° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.75° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.