The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 2024
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
10:45 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1250
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.91° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.07° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.