The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2015
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
2:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 224.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.02° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.86° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| 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.