The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2133
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
2:57 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2598
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 | 119.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.86° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.73° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.