The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1960
Last Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
12:01 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 458
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.73° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.63° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.