The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 1988
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
6:12 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 805
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 160.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -22.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.70° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.72° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.