The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2108
Waxing Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2289
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 7.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.14° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.99° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.