The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2166
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
10:41 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3006
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.84° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.91° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.