The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1948
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
9:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 47.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 119.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -11.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.11° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.10° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.