The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1969
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
9:55 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 570
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 117.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -5.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.41° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.96° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.