The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1933
Waning Crescent
23.4% 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
3:44 AM
12:56 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 124
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 | 302.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.68° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.64° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.