The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1971
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
11:49 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 594
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.76° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.89° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.