The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2148
Waning Crescent
0.8% 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
6:57 AM
5:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2783
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 | 350.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 179.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.37° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.69° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.