The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 1904
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
4:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -235
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 | 338.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 194.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.57° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.16° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.