The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2088
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
11:46 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2041
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -11.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.33° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.63° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.