The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2176
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
10:45 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3130
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -0.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.68° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.98° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.