The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2080
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1942
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 | 301.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -22.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.07° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.43° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.