The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2079
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
10:30 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1930
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 | 233.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 4.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.72° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.61° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.