The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1944
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 260
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mars and Uranus 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 | 247.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / 2.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.25° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.59° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.