The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 1911
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
9:31 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
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Uranus 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 | 203.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.25° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.07° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.