The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1945
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:30 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 273
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.53° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.39° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.