The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
2:58 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1584
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.31° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.94° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.