The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 1981
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
8:42 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 718
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 | 197.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 328.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.65° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.95° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.