The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1974
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
1:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 285.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.09° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.82° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.