The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2139
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2672
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 | 251.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.75° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.72° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.