The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2068
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
8:11 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1794
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 | 194.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 331.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.80° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.11° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.