The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2012
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
3:06 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 326.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 205.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.70° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.48° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.