The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 2142
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
9:51 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2709
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 | 230.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 0.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.18° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.88° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| 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.