The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1948
Waxing Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
10:41 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 58.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.09° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.93° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.