The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2185
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
10:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3241
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 | 238.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.15° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.56° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.