The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1930
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
9:34 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 87
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 | 205.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 321.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.27° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.87° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.