The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2047
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
9:49 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1534
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.72° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.19° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.