The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 19, 2104
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
11:02 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2239
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.47° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.86° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.