The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2054
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1621
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 | 73.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 1.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.65° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.83° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.