The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:37 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 854
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 | 135.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 38m / 24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.36° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.42° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.