The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2185
Waning Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
11:09 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3241
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 | 249.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -1.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.54° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.71° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.