The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 1993
Waning Crescent
44.2% 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
1:13 AM
11:50 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 866
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 | 276.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.46° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.97° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.