The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1979
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
9:34 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 216.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.87° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.69° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.