The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2169
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
12:26 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3043
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 | 277.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.50° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.81° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.