The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1982
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
12:07 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.98° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.70° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.