The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:51 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3402
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 22.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.70° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.65° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.