The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 2115
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
1:58 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2375
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 217.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -23.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.58° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.65° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.