The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2104
Waning Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
9:25 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2239
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 | 218.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.81° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.28° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.