The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% 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
2:52 PM
5:16 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3167
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 | 144.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 27.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.60° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.31° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| 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.