The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 1998
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
12:32 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 279.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -10.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.25° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.23° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.