The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1968
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 255.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.32° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.02° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.