The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2129
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
2:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2548
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 225.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.80° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.34° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.