The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2032
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
9:25 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1349
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 122.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.78° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.73° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.