The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
1:21 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 916
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 | 100.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.38° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.91° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.