The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 1969
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
2:26 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 569
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 | 324.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 205.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -27.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.18° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.91° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.