The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1938
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
10:07 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 186
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.20° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.81° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.