The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
1:04 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2833
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 | 97.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.73° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.21° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.