The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
3:57 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.25° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.09° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| 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.