The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2072
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
2:56 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1843
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 | 320.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 213.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.97° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.09° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.