The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1996
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
1:55 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 226.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.15° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.05° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.