The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
6:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2969
Events on this date
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 359.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.90° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.