The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2142
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
12:32 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2709
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 | 290.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.40° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.64° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.