The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
3:18 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1658
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.41° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.77° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| 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.