The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
5:08 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2932
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 | 141.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 29.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.05° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.12° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.