The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
2:52 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 174
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.92° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.40° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.