The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 1906
Waning Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
1:22 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -13.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.08° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.14° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.