The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 1984
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
9:41 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 755
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 | 209.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 316.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.63° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.68° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| 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.