The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 1988
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
1:33 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 311.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 218.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.40° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.53° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.