The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 2145
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
2:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2746
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.50° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.56° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.