The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2124
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
4:51 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2486
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 182.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.46° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.79° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.