The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2106
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
8:41 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2264
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 317.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.68° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.69° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.