The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 1944
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
3:01 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 260
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 | 306.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.86° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.42° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.