The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 1995
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
7:20 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 891
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Uranus 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 | 178.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 351.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.45° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 206.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.