The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1939
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
7:02 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 12.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 153.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -12.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.23° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.24° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.