The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
1:25 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 112
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.43° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.67° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.