The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1584
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 | 105.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 64.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.71° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.09° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.