The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1988
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
2:26 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 804
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 205.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.68° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.71° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.