The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
1:20 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 12.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.88° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.96° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.