The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2044
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
9:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1497
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 16.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.38° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.32° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.