The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 20, 2172
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
12:53 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3080
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.48° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.72° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.