The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
1:32 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3093
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 | 99.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 67.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.57° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.21° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.06° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| 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.