The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2071
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1831
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 | 253.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.61° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.21° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.