The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 2120
Waning Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
10:25 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2437
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 | 245.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -5.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.86° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.94° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.