The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 2012
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
11:44 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1101
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.26° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.78° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.