The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2006
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1027
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 | 259.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.07° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.60° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.