The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
11:26 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.33° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.38° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.