The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2083
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
2:43 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1979
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 203.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -27.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.50° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.39° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.