The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1973
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
9:13 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 619
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 | 216.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.34° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.55° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.