The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2100
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
10:53 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2190
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 | 59.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.16° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.03° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.