The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 19, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
65.1% 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
12:21 PM
2:09 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1485
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.93° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.64° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| 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.