The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2063
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1732
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.90° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.68° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.