The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2039
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
2:43 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1435
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 209.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.65° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.81° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.