The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2044
Last Quarter
52.9% 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
12:27 AM
11:20 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1497
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 | 266.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -13.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.13° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.02° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.