The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2134
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
2:22 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2610
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 209.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -25.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.20° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.47° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| 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.