The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 2142
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
11:55 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2709
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.13° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.47° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.