The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2182
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% 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
2:30 PM
4:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3204
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 | 135.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 40m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.97° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.04° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| 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.