The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2009
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1064
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 | 253.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.17° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.87° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.