The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2045
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
9:10 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1510
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 | 38.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.29° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.92° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.