The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2087
Waning Gibbous
91.6% 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
8:53 PM
8:59 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2029
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 309.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.24° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.04° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.