The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2010
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
7:05 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1077
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.67° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.31° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.