The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 2090
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
7:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2066
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 339.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.26° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.34° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.