The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1964
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 508
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 | 83.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 85.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.95° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.37° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.