The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1920
Waning Crescent
25.5% 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
3:08 AM
1:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 299.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 232.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.76° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.84° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.