The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 2137
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
12:26 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2647
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.36° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.68° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.