The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
7:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1695
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 1.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 26.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.19° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.82° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.