The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 1975
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
8:56 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 127.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -6.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.80° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.95° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.