The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 2058
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
2:34 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1670
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 | 320.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 210.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.47° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.60° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.