The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1917
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
11:32 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -74
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.64° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.04° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.08° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.