The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2000
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
7:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 953
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:01 PM, is deepest at 11:43 PM and ends at 1:25 AM. Totality lasts from 11:04 PM to 12:22 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 356.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 20.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.16° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.49° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.