The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 2072
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
5:24 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1843
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 | 353.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 176.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.29° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.65° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.