The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
2:44 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -28.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.11° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.50° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.