The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1958
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
2:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 433
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 211.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.86° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.63° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.