The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 2197
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
8:18 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3390
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 136.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.47° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.17° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.