The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
4:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 142.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 30.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 34m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.83° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.76° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.