The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2096
Waning Crescent
21.8% 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
3:39 AM
1:31 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2140
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 | 304.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 226.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -20.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.19° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.85° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.