The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2117
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
6:33 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2400
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 13.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 28.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.12° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.55° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.