The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 1993
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
2:55 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 866
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 206.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.87° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.66° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.