The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 483
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.41° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.49° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.