The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2151
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
3:40 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2820
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 194.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.24° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.94° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.