The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
2:02 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1522
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.66° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.04° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| 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.