The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1920
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
1:59 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -37
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.53° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.02° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.