The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2109
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
9:58 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2301
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 | 227.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.50° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.53° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.