The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 2007
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
6:14 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 160.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.31° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.93° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.