The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1949
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
9:30 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 322
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.83° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.67° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.