The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1963
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -0.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.38° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.89° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.