The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1900
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
9:52 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / -2.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.00° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.37° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.