The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
5:13 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 139.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 30.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 27.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.24° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.78° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.