The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2005
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
11:52 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 70.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 0.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.70° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.