The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1919
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
7:46 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -49
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 344.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.85° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 148.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.