The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 23, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
3:19 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 19.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.63° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.66° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.