The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
4:09 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 75
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 | 130.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 40m / 23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.66° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.80° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.