The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2156
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
11:56 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2882
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 | 279.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.67° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.36° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.32° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.