The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
10:18 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 240.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.20° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.00° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.