The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 1974
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
5:14 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 631
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 174.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.88° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.72° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.