The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2011
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
8:41 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1089
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 319.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.19° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.02° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.