The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
4:39 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 248
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 32.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.70° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.77° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.