The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
4:21 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 36.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.92° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.30° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.