The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2089
Waxing Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
9:28 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2054
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.62° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.32° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| 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.