The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
1:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1683
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 67.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.00° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.55° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.