The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% 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
3:37 PM
5:21 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1621
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 | 149.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 23.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.64° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.95° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.