The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 2020
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1200
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 | 259.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.09° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.15° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| 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.