The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
6:14 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -24
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.18° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.