The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2039
Waning Gibbous
72.4% 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
11:08 PM
11:11 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1435
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 5.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.73° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.82° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| 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.