The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
4:54 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 138.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 32.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.06° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.62° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.