The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1906
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
2:55 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -210
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 | 320.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 212.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.70° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.50° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.