The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2031
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1336
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 | 259.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.12° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.12° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.41° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.