The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
1:32 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 879
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 | 99.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.69° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.30° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.