The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2191
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
11:05 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3315
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 | 247.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.82° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.89° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.