The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2036
Last Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
12:22 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1398
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.21° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.50° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.