The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 2139
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
10:15 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2672
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 | 240.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.87° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.57° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.