The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
2:57 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 13
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 | 119.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.31° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.06° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.