The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1988
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
7:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 805
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 145.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.92° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.53° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.