The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1958
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
7:43 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 434
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 | 20.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 144.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.53° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.43° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.