The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2021
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
10:23 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 111.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.71° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.63° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.