The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2121
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
9:08 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2450
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 126.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.94° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.06° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.