The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2072
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
7:13 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1844
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.02° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.34° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.97° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.