The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
1:47 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1188
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 | 106.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.11° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.37° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.