The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2006
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
10:51 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1027
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 | 248.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -3.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.02° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.45° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.