The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1921
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
11:58 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -24
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 | 71.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 4.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.63° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.