The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1902
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -259
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.37° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.73° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.