The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2180
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
9:14 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3179
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 | 215.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.90° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.36° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.