The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1900
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
8:06 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.30° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.82° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.