The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 19, 2015
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
5:02 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 182.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.58° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.42° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.