The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1934
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
7:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 137
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 0.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 150.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.98° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.36° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.