The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 1939
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
2:34 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 198
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 215.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.62° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.82° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.