The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 2153
Waning Gibbous
69.7% 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
11:32 PM
11:11 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2845
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 | 246.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 2.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.67° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.30° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.