The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
1:48 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 644
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 | 102.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 64.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.47° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.94° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.