The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 20, 1941
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
12:07 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 223
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.07° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.83° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.