The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2023
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
12:14 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1237
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 | 277.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.64° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.27° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.05° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.