The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 2017
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
11:59 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -6.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.43° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.70° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.