The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
9:16 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 325.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.38° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.53° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.