The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
2:13 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 273
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 | 98.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.07° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.53° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.