The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1915
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -98
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 9.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.91° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.26° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.