The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2183
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3216
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 | 255.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.80° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.34° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.