The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2148
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
1:40 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2783
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 234.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.47° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.95° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.