The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1964
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
7:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 508
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.02° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.25° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.