The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 1996
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
5:02 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 182.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.08° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.61° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.