The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
4:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 131.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.48° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.90° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.