The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 2185
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
10:07 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3241
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.44° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.42° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.