The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
3:37 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 196.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.48° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.17° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.