The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
7:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1126
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 355.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.10° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.