The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2180
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
12:05 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3179
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 | 281.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.33° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.09° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| 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.