The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2082
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
8:43 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1967
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 334.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.58° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.80° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.