The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 2044
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1497
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.77° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.87° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.