The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 2197
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
4:07 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3389
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 190.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.17° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.08° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.