The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 19, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
5:23 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1052
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 27.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.88° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.23° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.