The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2085
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
10:18 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2004
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 | 242.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.09° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.92° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.