The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
2:51 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1188
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 | 119.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 54.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.45° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.23° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.