The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
5:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2561
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 | 150.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 22.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 20.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.53° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.06° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.