The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1945
First Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
1:03 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 273
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 5.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.00° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.69° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| 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.