The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1996
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
6:14 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 904
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 165.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.39° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.20° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 198.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.