The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
6:27 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 155.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 14.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.38° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.10° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.