The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2066
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
9:46 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 227.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 296.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.98° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.99° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.