The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2050
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
4:14 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 192.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.72° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.26° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.