The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 2063
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
8:47 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1732
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 334.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.53° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.00° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.