The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 1909
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
12:40 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -173
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 | 280.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.63° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.56° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.