The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
4:43 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1794
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 | 138.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 34.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.48° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.54° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| 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.