The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 1907
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
12:48 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -197
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.42° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 7.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.61° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.