The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 2097
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
8:41 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2153
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 | 35.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.91° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.79° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.