The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2001
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
2:34 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 965
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 | 318.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 214.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.03° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.18° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.