The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
5:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 22.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.00° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.56° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.