The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1991
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
6:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 842
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 | 7.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 159.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.02° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.12° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.