The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
11:57 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1250
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 | 71.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.24° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.90° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.