The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1906
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
2:06 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 225.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.40° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.32° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.