The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2111
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2326
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.64° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.95° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.74° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.