The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2069
Waning Crescent
7.2% 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
5:29 AM
3:25 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1806
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.24° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.88° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.