The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 2109
Waning Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
10:35 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2301
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.69° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.67° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| 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.