The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
6:54 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 582
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 9.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 27.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.36° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.54° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.