The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2155
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
9:37 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2870
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 311.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.73° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.54° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.