The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 2189
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
9:50 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3291
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.92° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.48° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.