The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Waning Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
1:27 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1064
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 | 309.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 219.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.64° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.69° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.