The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
1:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1918
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.36° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.75° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.