The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 2108
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
9:09 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2289
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.78° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.68° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.