The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 2069
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
4:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1806
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 190.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.68° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.07° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.