The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2015
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
1:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 296.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.77° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.68° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.