The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
5:13 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2227
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 | 140.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.69° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.53° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.