The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1937
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
10:12 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 174
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.69° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.21° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.