The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 1912
Waning Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
2:09 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -136
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 211.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.46° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.49° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.