The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1947
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
4:55 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 297
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 176.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.68° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.08° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.