The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1965
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
10:16 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 520
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.96° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.01° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.