The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
3:26 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3266
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 | 124.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.40° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.91° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.