The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 1933
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
12:14 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 124
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 | 289.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.25° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.47° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.