The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
1:03 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 96.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 10.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.82° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.70° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.