The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2055
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
9:26 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1633
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 315.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 13.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.21° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.58° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.