The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 19, 2014
Waning Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
9:20 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 218.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 4.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.82° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.72° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.