The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 2047
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
10:16 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1534
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / -3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.98° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.33° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| 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.