The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1936
Waning Crescent
8.4% 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
5:37 AM
2:54 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 161
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 204.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.02° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.59° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.