The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1922
Waning Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
12:50 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -12
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.87° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.19° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| 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.