The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1985
Waning Crescent
31.0% 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
2:25 AM
12:57 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 767
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 | 292.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.99° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.62° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.