The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2074
Last Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
12:22 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1868
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.75° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.12° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.