The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
1:41 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 174
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.73° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.55° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.