The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:41 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 953
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 | 117.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.72° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.02° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.