The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 1949
Last Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
11:46 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 322
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.88° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.37° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.