The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
4:36 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1955
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 | 132.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 36.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.55° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.73° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.