The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 2040
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
8:42 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1448
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 | 35.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.76° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.20° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.