The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
1:57 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -61
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 | 103.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.85° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.36° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.