The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2017
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
9:54 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 221.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 303.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.30° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.12° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| 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.