The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2017
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
12:30 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 278.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.36° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.86° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.