The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Waxing Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
7:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1139
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 149.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -11.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.58° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.20° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.