The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 1955
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
3:30 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 396
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 | 333.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 198.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.99° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.42° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.