The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 19, 2048
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
10:34 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1547
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / 1.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.87° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.32° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.