The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 21, 2019
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
8:11 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:33 PM, is deepest at 12:12 AM and ends at 1:50 AM. Totality lasts from 11:40 PM to 12:43 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 340.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.28° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.42° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.