The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% 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
3:56 PM
6:56 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1460
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 | 162.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 7.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 26.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.49° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.61° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| 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.