The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 1938
Waning Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 186
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 | 251.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.25° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.95° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.