The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 19, 2069
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
2:29 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1806
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 215.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.21° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.69° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.