The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 1999
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
4:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 940
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 | 337.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 195.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.35° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.01° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.