The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2188
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
11:56 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3278
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.14° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.46° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.