The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2002
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 78.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.05° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.93° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.