The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
3:38 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3130
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 46.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.10° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.19° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.