The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1995
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
10:09 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 891
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 | 238.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.50° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.21° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.