The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 19, 1992
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
7:30 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 854
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
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Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 351.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.22° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.