The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2077
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1905
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 | 262.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.70° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.53° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.