The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2180
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
9:45 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3179
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 | 228.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.90° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.50° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.