The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1912
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
2:52 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 330.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 200.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -27.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.33° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.67° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.