The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 2055
Last Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1633
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.00° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.14° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.