The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
3:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 124.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.53° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.68° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.