The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 2047
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
1:16 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1534
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 | 305.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 223.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.55° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.13° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.