The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2021
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
9:21 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1213
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 | 43.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.08° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.81° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.