The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 1914
Waning Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
1:04 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -111
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 | 304.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 224.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -26.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.32° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.83° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.