The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2010
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 69.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.39° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.41° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.