The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 2025
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
9:43 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1262
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 | 213.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 312.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 13.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.13° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.66° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.