The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1968
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
8:56 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 192.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 335.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.14° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.34° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.