The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
1:13 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 10.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.56° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.12° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.