The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2162
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2957
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 | 70.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 7.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.29° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.48° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.