The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 2044
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
10:37 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1497
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.07° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.72° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.