The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 20, 1936
Waning Crescent
15.2% 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
4:40 AM
1:56 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 161
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 216.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -25.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.80° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.40° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.