The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
6:16 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1225
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 | 154.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.41° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.37° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.