The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
2:58 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 115.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.63° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.09° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.