The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
5:44 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2796
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 | 152.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 19.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.56° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.26° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.