The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 1946
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
10:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 285
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 306.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.97° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.22° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.