The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 2006
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
10:31 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1027
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 | 237.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.13° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.30° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.