The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 2170
Waxing Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
8:02 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3056
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 137.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.91° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.49° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.