The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2049
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
8:48 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1559
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 | 208.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 314.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.92° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.60° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.