The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 1963
Waning Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
2:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 220.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.81° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.73° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.