The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2196
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
10:57 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3377
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 | 262.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.54° / -5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.98° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.