The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2107
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
12:09 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2276
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 | 277.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.08° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.44° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.