The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 19, 2121
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
6:33 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2450
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.88° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.44° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.