The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2123
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
12:37 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2474
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 | 293.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.29° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.00° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.