The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1903
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
9:41 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -247
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 | 223.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 5.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.70° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.65° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.