The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2071
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
7:53 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1831
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 | 188.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.16° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.