The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
6:25 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1930
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 14.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 27.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.77° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.16° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.