The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
3:48 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2895
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 | 123.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 26.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.20° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.01° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.