The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 20, 2121
Waxing Crescent
3.8% 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
8:49 AM
7:52 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2450
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 142.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -12.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.95° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.25° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.