The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2096
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
11:24 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2140
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 | 250.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.66° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.03° / -1.19° |
| 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.