The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2123
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
9:41 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2474
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 | 226.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.12° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.08° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.