The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 1964
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
6:22 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 508
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 158.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.30° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.44° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.