The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1903
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
11:58 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -247
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.96° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.23° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.