The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2098
Waning Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
10:36 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2165
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.05° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.41° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.