The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2002
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
7:36 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 978
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 142.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.48° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.81° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.