The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2018
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
9:11 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1176
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.49° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.25° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.