The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 1931
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
8:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 100
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 | 32.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 132.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -13.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.01° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.57° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.