The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
4:25 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 136.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 36.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.94° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.54° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.