The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2086
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2017
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.84° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.54° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.