The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2097
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
7:35 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2153
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 | 23.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.16° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.97° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.