The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
7:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 171.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 25.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.26° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.41° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.