The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2055
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
1:05 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1633
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -13.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.33° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.46° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.