The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
6:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2536
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 | 158.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 13.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.76° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.45° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.