The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1928
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
4:24 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 62
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 | 346.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 183.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.61° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.28° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.