The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 1946
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
10:33 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 230.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 7.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.85° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.36° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.