The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 2049
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
8:21 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1559
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 | 197.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 327.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 10.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.73° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.47° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.