The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2042
Waning Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
12:25 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1472
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.31° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.83° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.