The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 1900
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
9:28 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.15° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.23° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.