The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
12:45 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 229.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -24.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.75° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.52° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.