The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 2021
First Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
12:21 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.04° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.12° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.