The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 2088
Waning Crescent
9.2% 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
5:11 AM
3:08 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2041
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 207.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.60° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.50° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.