The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 1928
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
3:28 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 62
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 196.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.78° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.09° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.