The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2131
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2573
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -3.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.51° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.20° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.