The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 2001
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
1:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 225.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.88° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.00° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.