The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
5:39 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 112
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 | 144.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.82° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.10° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.