The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
6:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 50
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 | 165.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 4.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.28° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.09° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.