The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 2186
Waning Crescent
0.9% 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
6:59 AM
4:51 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3253
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 181.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.83° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.15° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.