The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2001
Last Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
12:20 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.88° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.49° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.