The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1966
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
1:02 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.95° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.81° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.