The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2000
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
8:09 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 953
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.07° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.63° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.