The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2016
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1151
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 | 73.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 2.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.37° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.44° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.