The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1987
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
10:44 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 242.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.10° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.67° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.