The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 1957
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
10:16 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 242.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.43° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.60° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.