The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2051
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
9:17 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1584
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 124.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.75° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.92° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.