The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 2154
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
8:35 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2858
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 132.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.78° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.72° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.