The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2112
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
8:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2338
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 | 198.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.84° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.70° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.