The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1914
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
10:33 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -111
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 | 239.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.31° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.04° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.