The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1969
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
3:33 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 191.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -28.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.27° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.10° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.