The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2174
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
9:26 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3105
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 315.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.02° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.18° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| 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.