The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
3:25 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1151
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 | 125.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 47.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 14m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.51° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.83° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.