The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2060
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
10:15 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1695
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 | 225.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.02° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.83° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.