The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 2078
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1918
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 | 74.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 2.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.18° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.07° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.