The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2074
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
10:05 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1868
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.63° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.53° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.