The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2075
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
4:29 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1880
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 185.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.86° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.07° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.