The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1994
Waxing Crescent
22.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
10:40 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.1%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 879
Events on this date
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Mars, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / 1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.11° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.96° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.