The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 2066
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
12:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1769
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 237.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.24° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.76° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.