The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
7:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 520
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 2.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 24.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.16° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.50° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.