The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
5:23 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -259
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,200 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.78° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.02° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.