The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
4:31 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1720
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 | 131.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.68° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.54° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.