The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 1995
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
9:38 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 891
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 | 225.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.12° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.07° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.