The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 2, 1916
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
2:28 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 208.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.77° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.15° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.