The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2068
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
8:40 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1794
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 | 205.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 318.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 7.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.73° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.25° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.