The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
3:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1423
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 | 125.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 47.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.08° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.42° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.