The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1929
Waxing Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
10:17 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 75
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 | 53.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 113.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.05° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.73° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.