The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1987
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
9:10 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 197.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 329.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.67° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.12° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.