The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 2158
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
9:00 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2907
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 | 204.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 321.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.71° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.82° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.