The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2066
Waning Gibbous
75.6% 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
11:03 PM
10:11 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 239.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / -2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.11° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.13° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| 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.