The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2045
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
3:05 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1509
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 | 333.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 197.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -28.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.13° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.95° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.