The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2026
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
3:19 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1274
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 | 336.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 194.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -28.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.63° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.32° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.