The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 1967
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
11:27 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 545
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.06° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.11° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.