The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 15, 2168
Waxing Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
10:51 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3031
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 106.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.82° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.49° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.