The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
2:08 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2833
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 | 109.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.42° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.07° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.