The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1966
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
4:36 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 179.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.80° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.71° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.