The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 2077
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
1:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 222.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.45° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.21° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.