The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2153
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
1:45 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2845
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 218.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -24.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.32° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.11° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.