The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
3:51 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2425
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 26.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.48° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.43° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.