The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2088
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
4:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2041
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 196.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.66° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.68° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.