The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 2120
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
9:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2437
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 301.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.15° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.65° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| 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.