The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2095
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
8:47 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2128
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 333.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.16° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.46° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.