The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2058
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
1:46 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1670
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 | 306.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.86° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.42° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.