The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2016
First Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
12:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.49° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.27° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| 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.