The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
1:15 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3167
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.06° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.88° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.