The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 2145
Waning Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
3:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2746
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.87° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.75° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.