The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2113
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
9:10 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2351
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 125.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -11.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.13° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.57° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.