The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 1952
Last Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
11:37 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 359
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 | 275.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.13° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.28° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.11° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.