The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2090
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
10:38 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2066
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.61° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.87° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.