The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 20, 2014
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
9:49 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 229.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.93° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.86° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.