The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2071
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
7:01 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1831
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.94° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.