The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2045
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
8:09 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1510
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 137.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.35° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.11° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| 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.