The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
6:19 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 347
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 17.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 28.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.95° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.31° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.