The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:18 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1200
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 | 245.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.77° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.00° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.