The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 2187
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
11:14 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3266
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.69° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.