The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1926
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
8:39 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 38
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 | 34.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 131.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.13° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.69° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.