The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2144
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
8:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2734
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 | 193.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 333.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.04° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.