The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1994
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
9:42 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 44.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 118.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.85° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.14° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.