The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
2:29 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 110.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.64° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.15° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.