The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 1991
Waxing Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
11:45 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 842
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 | 66.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.45° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.21° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.