The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2107
Waning Crescent
5.5% 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
5:44 AM
3:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2276
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 | 333.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 199.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.18° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.31° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.