The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
1:35 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1287
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 | 100.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.92° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.83° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| 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.