The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 1921
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
12:21 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.00° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.40° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.