The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
3:34 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1856
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 | 126.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.20° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.42° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.