The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2104
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
11:30 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2239
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.47° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.02° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.