The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 2063
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
11:30 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1732
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.16° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.84° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.