The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 1967
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
10:28 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 545
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.20° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.28° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| 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.