The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 1922
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
9:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -12
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 5.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.16° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.45° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.