The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
5:13 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -86
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 | 140.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 30.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.66° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.46° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.