The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
1:49 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 104.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.24° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.28° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.