The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 2017
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
10:28 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 233.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.34° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.25° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.