The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1965
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
10:46 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 520
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.01° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.15° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.