The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1936
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
11:23 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 161
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.19° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.72° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.