The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 718
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 | 133.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.91° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.69° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.