The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2066
Waning Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
1:09 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1769
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -24.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.65° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.93° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.