The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
10:01 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1077
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 | 47.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 114.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.17° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.76° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.