The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1906
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.57° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.66° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.