The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1998
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
12:00 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 928
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.22° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.06° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.