The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1911
Waning Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
11:38 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -148
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 | 263.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -7.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.43° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.77° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.