The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
4:40 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1250
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 36.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 26.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.64° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.14° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.