The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
1:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2524
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 | 102.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 13.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.68° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.04° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.