The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2077
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
11:28 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / 1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.69° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.38° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.