The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1942
Waning Crescent
2.2% 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
6:22 AM
4:35 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 235
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 | 343.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 188.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.61° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.78° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.