The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1931
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
3:20 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 99
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 | 336.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 193.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -28.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.09° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.49° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.