The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1966
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
1:33 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 532
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 | 304.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.71° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.98° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.