The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1915
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
6:52 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -98
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.67° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.17° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.