The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2021
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
8:16 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1213
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 | 31.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 135.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.11° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.99° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.