The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
2:20 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1250
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.45° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.43° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.