The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2185
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
8:09 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3241
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 | 189.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 338.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.06° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.