The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2154
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2858
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.16° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.01° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.