The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 1939
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
6:06 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 199
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 166.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.36° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.43° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 188.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.