The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1982
Waning Crescent
11.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
2:48 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 211.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -20.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.65° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.55° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.