The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1968
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
10:47 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 557
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.43° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.87° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.