The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1934
Waxing Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 137
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 | 80.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 82.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 12.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.79° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.79° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.46° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.