The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2007
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
7:31 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 145.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.55° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.74° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.