The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 1974
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
4:18 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 329.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 186.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -23.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.10° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.53° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.