The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1904
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
9:36 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -234
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 119.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.10° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.72° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.