The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1920
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
5:27 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 354.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 175.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.48° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.76° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.