The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1921
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -24
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.34° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.93° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.