The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1916
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
8:04 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -86
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 2:54 AM, is deepest at 3:39 AM and ends at 4:24 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 344.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.24° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.07° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.