The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1955
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
11:51 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 396
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.35° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.53° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.