The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
4:41 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1485
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 | 133.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.28° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.36° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.