The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 16, 2053
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
3:10 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1608
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 209.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.26° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.46° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.