The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 1904
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
7:45 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -234
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 142.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -11.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.51° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.09° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.