The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 2034
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
2:34 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1373
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 | 315.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 218.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.24° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.65° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| 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.