The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 19, 2009
Waning Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
12:09 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1064
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 | 287.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.73° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.35° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.