The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 1961
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
10:24 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 471
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.29° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.48° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.