The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 20, 2003
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
9:39 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 990
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 | 208.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 317.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.10° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.50° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.