The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1955
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
2:34 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 396
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 | 321.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -24.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.85° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.23° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.