The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 1982
Waning Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
1:34 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 232.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.01° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.19° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.