The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2004
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:45 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1002
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 | 289.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.49° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.42° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.