The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 2161
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
10:23 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2944
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 | 244.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.17° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.82° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.