The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Waxing Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
10:20 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 51.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -0.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.28° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.34° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.