The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 19, 2097
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2153
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.30° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.26° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.