The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 1961
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
5:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 470
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.67° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.77° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.