The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2010
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
6:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1077
Events on this date
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 164.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.86° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.50° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.