The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 2074
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
9:28 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1868
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 | 210.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.94° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.39° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.