The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
4:16 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1621
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 | 135.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.84° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.08° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.