The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1971
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
10:19 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 594
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 0.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.68° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.27° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.