The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2005
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 83.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.77° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.26° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.53° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.