The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1982
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
2:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.82° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.37° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.