The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 1935
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
8:47 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 149
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 322.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 12.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.96° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.97° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.