The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2012
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
4:12 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 339.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 191.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.63° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.66° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.