The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 2091
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
2:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2078
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 223.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.84° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.71° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.