The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 2007
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
8:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1040
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 | 33.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -10.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.91° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.55° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.