The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1941
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:49 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 223
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 | 286.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.14° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.99° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.