The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 2018
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
4:33 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 186.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.48° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.82° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.