The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2158
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
10:55 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2907
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 | 261.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.65° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.53° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.