The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2164
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
3:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2981
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 206.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.98° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.56° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.