The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 19, 2167
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
4:21 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3018
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 189.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.23° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.33° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.