The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1999
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
4:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.93° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.19° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.