The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2118
Waning Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
12:04 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2412
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.48° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.71° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.