The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1992
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
8:46 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 854
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 318.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.64° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.22° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.