The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1962
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
7:36 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 483
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 349.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.58° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 204.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.