The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2139
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
8:47 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2672
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 329.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.43° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.02° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| 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.