The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2050
Last Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
11:52 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -14.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.91° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / 3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.37° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.