The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 2014
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
7:44 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 185.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 342.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.98° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 148.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.