The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 1916
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
8:33 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -86
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.37° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.20° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.