The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 1995
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
9:06 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 891
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° 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 | 213.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.92° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.93° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.