The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
2:35 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2054
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.15° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.34° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.