The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 19, 1998
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 928
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.34° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.90° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.