The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1905
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
7:49 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -222
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 342.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.48° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.94° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.