The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
3:51 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 681
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.85° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.25° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| 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.