The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2033
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
10:12 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1361
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.98° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.64° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.