The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1998
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
10:02 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 928
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.81° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.47° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.