The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2145
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
12:08 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2746
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -11.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.73° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.05° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.