The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2017
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
1:03 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.23° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.03° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| 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.