The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 2182
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
8:28 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3204
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 | 200.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 324.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.43° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.75° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.