The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
2:27 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1423
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 | 114.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 13.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.71° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.57° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.