The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 2057
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
8:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1658
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 | 190.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 336.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.27° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.04° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.