The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1954
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
9:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 384
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 | 210.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.43° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.75° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.