The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
4:13 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -24
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 | 134.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 38.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.17° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.35° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.