The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
2:02 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2462
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 | 105.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.10° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.16° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.