The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 2192
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
7:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3328
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.81° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.30° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.