The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2162
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
6:05 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2957
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 166.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.75° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.43° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 198.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.