The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 2012
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
2:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 313.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -22.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.65° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.29° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.