The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2012
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 261.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.14° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.63° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| 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.