The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1954
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
8:36 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 384
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 | 198.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 326.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.95° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.62° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.