The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Waning Crescent
10.5% 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
5:03 AM
2:47 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 209.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.47° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.99° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.