The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
7:07 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 347
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 | 163.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 6.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.05° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.18° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.