The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 20, 2020
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
2:03 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.24° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.81° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.