The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 2115
Waning Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2375
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.22° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.82° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.