The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2107
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
11:33 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2276
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 | 265.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.09° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.28° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.