The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 2052
Waning Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
10:40 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1596
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter 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 | 246.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.70° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.41° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.