The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
9:00 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 324.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.47° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.55° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.