The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
2:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.71° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.81° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.